Lax Shax: Rob Pannell's NYC Apartment

Rob Pannell said he never thought he'd be a "City Guy," despite growing up less than an hour away from NYC in Smithtown on Long Island: never spent much time there and didn't see himself living there.

But this fall the Cornell graduate moved into a Murray Hill high-rise apartment, right on the East River, and he's loved every minute of it. The newly minted Wreckless Lacrosse, Brine and Wheaties athlete, a U.S. Team hopeful coming off a Tewaaraton Trophy and MLL Rookie of the Year winning season, is living in the apartment with two friends from home (Matt Stefurak of Delaware and Scott Perri of Drexel) and former Cornell swimmer James Keady in a building that is still being refurbished to fix the damage from Superstorm Sandy last fall.

When ILTelevision.com visited in October, the boys were still getting settled, with Pannell vastly ahead of his roommates in terms of decorating. The place is surprisingly big for an NYC apartment, with a nice kitchen, two full bathrooms and a big living room that's home to a new, gigantic flat screen.

Pannell's enjoyed his membership to CitiBike, a bike-sharing subscription that costs an astonishingly low $95 a year and allows him to explore all over New York, and the nearby Velocity Sports Performance center where he works out with Murray Hill neighbor Max Seibald and Greg Gurenlian, both also of the New York Lizards and hopefuls for the U.S. Team.

Pannell was nice enough to take us around his hometown of Smithtown that same afternoon, so be sure to check out both his Lax Shax and My Hometown videos below. And enjoy some more pics of his NYC pad as well.

Living room shot with the new flat screen on the wall.

Cool artwork from Jim Fentzel on the wall of all the Cornell greats over the years.

Some good reading in here: John Wooden, Andre Agassi, Jake Steinfeld…

No boxes of Wheaties yet, but some pretty cool swag.

New Warrior matte gray helmet, with the red chrome facemask.

Because he was still a college student, Pannell didn't get to keep any of the ridiculous swag ESPY nominees got last year. But he did snag this sweet "Do Not Disturb" sign.

Pic of RP3 and former Cornell teammate Jack Dudley Jr on top of the bookcase.

Catching up on the new Wreckless Lacrosse products for 2014.

The sticks; I had no idea the level to which Pannell is obsessed with golf until spending this day with him. Wish we'd been able to pull together my suggestion of a foursome with Pannell and fellow Wreckless athletes Brian Spallina and Mike Evans

Not endorsed by this company at all, Pannell swears by this stuff: Bai-5, a natural replentishment drink. Really regretting not taking up his offer to try one while we were there since I haven't seen it anywhere since.